A Practical Guide to Mastering Portuguese Grammar and Syntax

Review grammar
for the construction of the text

Juliana Vianna Segadas

(UFRJ)
Michelli Bastos Ferreira (UFRJ)

Introduction

The course of Portuguese Language Workshop inspired by the difficulty arose, checked with the students enrolled in courses in writing, to make the grammatical revision of their own texts. It was observed that for both, was required for greater understanding of the syntax of the language.
In other words, these students lacked a better understanding of the organization of the

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